Photojournalist Lauren DeCicca met three Thai families who have created makeshift homes from abandoned aeroplanes in a vacant lot in east Bangkok. This vacant lot on Ramkhamhaeng Road in east Bangkok is locally known as the “Airplane Graveyard”. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

The lot contains several abandoned airplane fuselages, and is surrounded by high-rise flats. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

The planes have become home to a handful of squatters, who work as trash collectors and recyclers. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

This young man has lived here for close to 10 years. His wife joined him when they got married. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

A man sits next to the cart he uses to collect recyclables from around Bangkok in order to support his family. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

An empty cockpit. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

A resident sweeps the “front yard” of a section of abandoned plane, which he has converted into living quarters. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

Most things of value have been removed from the planes, from windows to lights. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

A child perches in one of the fuselages. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

A teenager feeds a boy. Both live on the site. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

At the entrance to the vacant lot is a makeshift kitchen. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

This young man and his family have lived in the abandoned planes for years. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)

Among the variety of fuselages are Boeing 747s and a McDonnell Douglas MD-82. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/The Guardian)